Kennebunk Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cooking for the next couple of weeks.

Well, I’m not gonna lie to you, it’s a pretty grim stretch ahead. The whole 16-day window is a tough one, with not a single solid recommendation popping up. The waves are just too small and weak to get excited about. We’ve got a few days where the wind is clean, but the ocean just isn’t giving us any push.

The first suggestion of any surf comes in on Friday the 26th of July. Kennebunk Beach (Kennebunk) will see a tiny 3ft swell from the SE with a short period of 7 seconds. The combined energy is weak (82). The saving grace is that the morning has a gentle offshore wind from the ENE, which will keep the surface clean. The water is a very chilly 58°F and that’s a massive 6°F colder than normal for this time of year, so you’ll need a thick wetsuit. It’s not going to be good, but it’s the best looking session in the first week. The afternoon is a bit better with a light cross-offshore breeze and clean conditions (83), but the swell is still tiny.

Sunday the 28th of July is a write-off with onshore winds and rain. Monday the 29th is no better. The wind finally goes clean offshore again from the NNE on Tuesday the 30th, but the swell is still only 2ft in the morning. The afternoon of the 30th is the most interesting moment in the whole period. The swell bumps up to 3ft from the SSE with a longer period of 11 seconds, and the combined energy jumps to 297, which is moderate. The wind is a moderate cross-offshore, keeping it clean. But the guidance still calls it poor surf. It’s a small, long-period groundswell, which can be hard to ride on a beach break like this.

After that, we drift back into small, weak, and often onshore slop for the rest of the first week and into the second. There’s a brief moment on the morning of Tuesday the 5th of August where the wind goes glassy, but the swell is a pathetic 3ft with a period of only 4 seconds and energy of 39. That’s not even worth paddling out for.

The second week looks even more bleak. The swell stays small, the wind is mostly onshore or cross-onshore, and the energy readings are all low. It’s a long, blank run with no real standouts. With the setup being a sheltered beach, and the wind being fresh and onshore on the 3rd of August with 3ft of slop, this might be more interesting for the kite surfers. For a paddle surfer, it’s a tough stretch.

Rusty.

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